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Magsacliusetts  Society  for  Promoting  Agriculture 


70    STATE    STREET. 

Boston,  9  December  1902. 


Sir; 


The  increasing  damage  to  shade  and  fruit  trees  in  this  State  by  leaf-eating  insects,  such  as 
the  elm-tree  beetle,  the  brown  tail  moth,  the  gypsy  moth,  and  the  tussock  moth,  has  become  a 
serious  matter.  In  nearly  all  parts  of  the  State  shade  trees,  often  the  growth  of  many  years, 
are  being  seriously  injured,  and  sometimes  killed  by  these  pests.  If  our  trees  are  to  be  pre- 
served, intelligent  and  persistent  work  is  necessary.  The  time  to  prepare  for  this  work  is  now, 
while  the  insects  are  dormant,  and  not  in  the  spring  after  they  have  begun  to  feed. 

That  the  people  of  the  State  may  fully  understand  the  danger  which  threatens  their 
trees,  and  may  be  prepared  to  meet  it  effectively,  tlie  Trustees  of  the  Massachusetts  Societj- 
for  Promoting  Agriculture  have  arranged  for  fifty  public  lectures,  illustrated  by  the  stereopti- 
con.  Under  this  arrangement,  during  the  months  of  January,  February  and  March,  1903,  the 
services  of  a  lecturer  and  lantern  operator  will  be  furnished  free  to  any  town  or  city  which 
will  agree  to  pay  their  travelling  and  hotel  expenses  during  the  time  actually  devoted  to  the 
city  or  town.  The  lectures  will  be  of  a  popular  nature,  and  slides  will  be  shown  of  the  com- 
mon shade  and  fruit  tree  insects,  spraying  outfits,  nozzles,  etc.,  and  in  each  town  particular 
attention  will  be  given  to  the  insects  particularly  injurious  in  that  town.  Applications  for 
lectures  wiU  have  attention  in  the  order  in  which  they  are  received. 

That  these  lectures  may  obtain  the  attention  the  importance  of  the  subject  demands,  it  is 
suggested  that  you  confer  concerning  them  with  the  tree  warden  of  your  town,  with  members 
of  village  improvement  and  other  societies,  and  wi  ;h  other  public-spirited  men  and  women, 
that  general  attention  may  be  drawn  to  these  lecturos,  and  the  necessity  for  prompt  and  ener- 
getic measures  for  the  destruction  of  injurious  inse 

All  communications  should  be  addressed  to  Fb 
Street,  Boston. 


:jcis  H.  Appleton,  Secretary,  70  State 


CHARLES  S.  SARGENT,  President. 
mANCIS  H.  APPLETON,  Secretary. 


